In 1906, Charles W. Carter sold his collection of nearly 1000 glass plate negatives to the LDS Church's Bureau of Information on Temple Square for $400. These photographs document the history of the Mormon Church as well as the settlement of the western United States. Many pictures show early Mormons, Indian, and Chinese, as well as street scenes and scenic views, not restricted to Mormon subjects and not restricted to Utah. The LDS Church History Library has scanned the negatives and made these images available for viewing on the internet without cost.

This is a list of what is pictured on each of the images. To view the finding aid, click on the picture above, or else here, select a group containing the image you want to see, and click on the small image at the right side of your screen. You will see 15 thumbnail images at the bottom of the window. Scroll to the one you want to see enlarged. If you want to save it, right click your mouse.

Stereograph images are listed in red. Stereoscopic views from these images can be created and viewed in a variety of ways using Masuji Suto's freeware program Stereo Photo Maker, which is available here.